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> [For me to rehearse with a children's orchestra a Mahler symphony was to really work. We had three or four weeks of rehearsal with the orchestra, every day eight or nine hours, putting the First together. I had been conducting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gustavo-dudamel/for-me-to-rehearse-with-a-children-s-orchestra-a-mahler-symphony-was/)

[Gustavo Dudamel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gustavo-dudamel/)

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> [In my imagination yes, I remember, when I was six years old, I was conducting all this concert in my house. But now it's real.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gustavo-dudamel/in-my-imagination-yes-i-remember-when-i-was-six-years-old-i-was/)

[Gustavo Dudamel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gustavo-dudamel/)

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## Other authors on Conducting

## More by Gustavo Dudamel

> [I love to travel, but sometimes it's nice to stay in one place.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gustavo-dudamel/i-love-to-travel-but-sometimes-it-s-nice-to-stay-in-one-place/)

[Gustavo Dudamel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gustavo-dudamel/)

> [Going to a concert can sometimes be very difficult. It can be a long journey. There's the ticket prices. But when the music goes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gustavo-dudamel/going-to-a-concert-can-sometimes-be-very-difficult-it-can-be-a-long/)

[Gustavo Dudamel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gustavo-dudamel/)

> [My main goal, and it's a big one, is that every child has a chance to get close to music - as a right…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gustavo-dudamel/my-main-goal-and-it-s-a-big-one-is-that-every-child-has-a-chance-to/)

[Gustavo Dudamel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gustavo-dudamel/)

> [We have to go and show these people what classical music is. We say sometimes that classical music has a small audience, but it's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gustavo-dudamel/we-have-to-go-and-show-these-people-what-classical-music-is-we-say/)

[Gustavo Dudamel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gustavo-dudamel/)

> [I want to work with the big orchestras. I want to have a big family.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gustavo-dudamel/i-want-to-work-with-the-big-orchestras-i-want-to-have-a-big-family/)

[Gustavo Dudamel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gustavo-dudamel/)

> [I think it's a very important collaboration between the conductor and the orchestra - especially when the conductor is one more member of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gustavo-dudamel/i-think-it-s-a-very-important-collaboration-between-the-conductor-and/)

[Gustavo Dudamel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gustavo-dudamel/)

> [You have to believe that things will happen, you have to work and love what you're doing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gustavo-dudamel/you-have-to-believe-that-things-will-happen-you-have-to-work-and-love/)

[Gustavo Dudamel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gustavo-dudamel/)

> [Whenever I listen to a children's orchestra, I learn. They feel everything, they enjoy everything, they have amazing energy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gustavo-dudamel/whenever-i-listen-to-a-children-s-orchestra-i-learn-they-feel/)

[Gustavo Dudamel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gustavo-dudamel/)

> [My material life is simple.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gustavo-dudamel/my-material-life-is-simple/)

[Gustavo Dudamel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gustavo-dudamel/)

> [Music is a fundamental human right](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gustavo-dudamel/music-is-a-fundamental-human-right/)

[Gustavo Dudamel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gustavo-dudamel/)

> [A friend gave me a CD of the 'Pathetique' Symphony as a Christmas present. I went home, and I put on the CD expecting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gustavo-dudamel/a-friend-gave-me-a-cd-of-the-pathetique-symphony-as-a-christmas/)

[Gustavo Dudamel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gustavo-dudamel/)

> [People say that having three orchestras is a crazy life, but it's better because you have three families. I want to have my own…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gustavo-dudamel/people-say-that-having-three-orchestras-is-a-crazy-life-but-it-s/)

[Gustavo Dudamel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gustavo-dudamel/)

> [When you play Mozart, it's so clean, it's so simple. It's the body naked.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gustavo-dudamel/when-you-play-mozart-it-s-so-clean-it-s-so-simple-it-s-the-body-naked/)

[Gustavo Dudamel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gustavo-dudamel/)

> [When people feel that something really special is happening on the stage, things change.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gustavo-dudamel/when-people-feel-that-something-really-special-is-happening-on-the/)

[Gustavo Dudamel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gustavo-dudamel/)

> [Los Angeles is a very special city. It's a great ethnic mix, a great cultural mix.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gustavo-dudamel/los-angeles-is-a-very-special-city-it-s-a-great-ethnic-mix-a-great/)

[Gustavo Dudamel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gustavo-dudamel/)

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